Cer Té Cafe Custom Gallery Prints

RDQLUS x Tribecca Designs (NYC/SF, CA)
client: Cer Té Cafe & Catering (20 West 55th Street, NYC)

art direction / illustration / digital paint

poster prints hanging in the cafe; (Cer Té, NYC)

back dining room, Cer Té Cafe

RDQLUS was contacted by by my good friends at Tribecca Designs to illustrate a series of Art Nouveau-style gallery prints for their client Cer Té, a quaint continental cafe/caterer in Midtown Manhattan. The desired look was the sketch style with implied lighting to flesh out the shapes of the scenerey, remeniscent of a Cappiello piece. From freehand pencil sketches, I depicted Cer Té cafes as the subject of continental European café scenes. The final products were full-sized, 18" x 24" framed posters, with the final piece being a 36" x 24" landscape scene. Cer Té is a successful one-and-only, and in the highest and humbling compliment of the work, the owners and staff routinely get asked if the prints are of other Cer Té Cafes, worldwide.

raw pencil sketch of courtyard scene no.1

full-color courtyard scene no.1

initial sketch of table still-life

full-color version of table still-life